Biography
Hochu Otsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū, born Yoshitada Ōtsuka [same kanji], May 19, 1954) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box. He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Mirao in Heavy Metal L-Gaim; Yazan Gable in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Akira Sendō in Slam Dunk; SignalMan in Gekisou Sentai Carranger; Imagin, Deneb in Kamen Rider Den-O, Abuto in Gintama, Makoto Sōda in Captain Tsubasa and Jiraiya in Naruto. He is also the famous official dubbing roles for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen (especially in Ip Man series), Jeff Goldblum, Ray Liotta, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Brent Spiner, Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Patrick and many more.
Awards & recognition
- Seiyu Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2017
Filmography50+ titles
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199
Love Through a Prism
Slam Dunk
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
The Dangers in My Heart
Naruto Shippūden
Cowboy Bebop
Delicious in Dungeon
The Misfit of Demon King Academy
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Naruto
Odd Taxi
The Way of the Househusband
Bungo Stray Dogs
Gintama: The Final
Tower of God
BNA
Teasing Master Takagi-san
Saga of Tanya the Evil
Claymore
SAKAMOTO DAYS
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
Baki Hanma
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie
Hi Score Girl
Gintama
The Eminence in Shadow
The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
March Comes In Like a Lion
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu
Detective Conan
Castle in the Sky
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf
Zombie Land SAGA
Angels of Death
Ajin
City Hunter
Blue Dragon
The Duke of Death and His Maid
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Captain Tsubasa
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Lazarus
Edens Zero
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu